06/30/05

Saying he believes it will encourage more marijuana use, Gov. Donald Carcieri made good Wednesday on his threat to veto the medical marijuana bill. 'This bill will make marijuana more available to children in Rhode Island,' the governor said in a three-page veto message. 'The amount of marijuana this bill authorizes is staggering.' ... An impassioned Rep. Thomas Slater, the House sponsor of the bill and one of the two people for whom the bill is named (the other is Edwin O. Hawkins, nephew of Sen. Rhoda Perry, the sponsor of the Senate version) said the veto demonstrates that Carcieri 'has no compassion. He has proven that on this issue. Where is his compassion for the sick and elderly?' .... Slater said he will ask House Speaker William Murphy to schedule an override of the veto...

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from Pawtucket Times


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp